Reply to Sharma et al

Rui V Duarte¹, Sarah Nevitt¹, Ewan McNicol^{2

3}, Rod S Taylor^{4

5}, Eric Buchser⁶, Richard B North⁷, Sam Eldabe⁸

Affiliations

¹ Liverpool Reviews and Implementation Group,University of Liverpool,Liverpool, United Kingdom.
² Department of Pharmacy Practice,MCPHS University,Boston, MA, United States.
³ Department of Pain Medicine,Atrius Health,Boston, MA, United States.
⁴ Institute of Health and Well Being,University of Glasgow,Glasgow,United Kingdom.
⁵ College of Medicine and Health,University of Exeter,Exeter, United Kingdom.
⁶ Anaesthesia and Pain Management Department,EHC-Hôpital De Morges,Morges, Switzerland.
⁷ Neurosurgery, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,Baltimore, MD, United States.
⁸ Department of Pain Medicine,The James Cook University Hospital,Middlesbrough, United Kingdom.

Comment

Rui V Duarte et al. Pain. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct;161(10):2429-2430.

doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001972.

Rui V Duarte¹, Sarah Nevitt¹, Ewan McNicol^{2

3}, Rod S Taylor^{4

5}, Eric Buchser⁶, Richard B North⁷, Sam Eldabe⁸

¹ Liverpool Reviews and Implementation Group,University of Liverpool,Liverpool, United Kingdom.
² Department of Pharmacy Practice,MCPHS University,Boston, MA, United States.
³ Department of Pain Medicine,Atrius Health,Boston, MA, United States.
⁴ Institute of Health and Well Being,University of Glasgow,Glasgow,United Kingdom.
⁵ College of Medicine and Health,University of Exeter,Exeter, United Kingdom.
⁶ Anaesthesia and Pain Management Department,EHC-Hôpital De Morges,Morges, Switzerland.
⁷ Neurosurgery, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,Baltimore, MD, United States.
⁸ Department of Pain Medicine,The James Cook University Hospital,Middlesbrough, United Kingdom.

No abstract available

Comment on

Systematic review and meta-analysis of placebo/sham controlled randomised trials of spinal cord stimulation for neuropathic pain.
Duarte RV, Nevitt S, McNicol E, Taylor RS, Buchser E, North RB, Eldabe S. Duarte RV, et al. Pain. 2020 Jan;161(1):24-35. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001689. Pain. 2020. PMID: 31453983
Efficacy of spinal cord stimulation: uncertain at best.
Sharma S, Traeger AC, Maher CG. Sharma S, et al. Pain. 2020 Oct;161(10):2428-2429. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001971. Pain. 2020. PMID: 32956260 No abstract available.

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